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US 8,526,140 B2Granted
Reverse flow preventer unit
AssigneeSeagate Technology LLC
InventorHyun Ki Kim
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Abstract
Disclosed are a slider for a memory device and a memory device having the same. The slider for a memory device includes a slider body configured to fly over the surface of a medium at a particular height; and a reverse flow preventing unit disposed at part of the slider body adjacent to a trailing edge of the slider body and configured to prevent a reverse flow of air between the medium and the slider body.
Claims18
A slider comprising:
- a slider body configured to fly over the surface of a medium at a particular height;
- and
- a reverse flow preventing unit disposed at part of the slider body adjacent to the trailing edge of the slider body, and configured to prevent a reverse flow of air between the medium and the slider body;
- wherein the reverse flow preventing unit includes at least one through hole penetratingly formed at part of the slider body such that external air is mixed with air flowing between the slider body and the medium.
1 more element
A memory device comprising:
- a medium on which data is recorded and read out;
- and
- a slider including a slider body having a read/write head mounted thereon, the read/write head for recording data onto the medium or reading out data on the medium, the slider body including at least one through hole that prevents a reverse flow of air between the medium and the slider body by mixing external air with air flowing between the slider body and the medium.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.